Reel.



W. D. LUTZ.

REEL.

APPLICATION HLED MAR.H,1917.

15293948, Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

WA I9 INVENTOF? WITNESSES A-TToR N EY,

NITE STATES TEN ld,

WILLIAM D. LUTZ, OF CLARENCE, MISSOURI.

REEL.

Application led March 17, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. LUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clarence, in the county of Shelby and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates broadly to that class of inventions known as winding and reeling, and more particularly relates to a reel especially adapted for receiving wire.

As the primary aim and object, the present invention contemplates the provision of novel means for adjusting the arms of the reel so as to permit of the formation of various sized reels and to also permit foldingof the reel so that it will occupy only a minimum amount of space when not in use.

It is an equally important object of the invention to provide a reel which may be easily and quickly inserted in a roll of material so as to support it fora winding or unwinding of the roll, the reel being' shown constructed as to permit a rapid and unimpeded withdrawal of the reel from a roll wound thereon.

More particularly, the invention embraces the provision of a reel consisting of radially extending' arms composed of adjustable sections having on their extremities means for accommodating wire or other material to be wound on the reel, certain of the arms including pivoted sections which permit them to be readily collapsed when it is desired to remove the reel from the roll.

Additional objects reside in the provision of a device of the character above mentioned, that is simple in construction, eliicient in operation, and strong and durable in use, containing butV a small number of parts that can be manufactured and assembled and when assembled can be placed upon the market and sold at a minimum cost.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of parts will be appreciated from the detailed description below, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming apart hereof, wherein I disclose a preferred embodiment of the invention for the purpose of illustration.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which s Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lleb. a, 15H9. Serial No. 155,523.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail of one of the pivotal and sliding adjustable sections of the arms, the view being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 3`3 of Fig. l.

Similar characters of reference are omployed in all of the described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings the improved reel consists of a head plate l as well as sectional cross arms indicated in their entirety by means of suitable fastening devices 3 and thus held in spaced relation with each other.

l/Vith a View toward providing' eiiicient means for adjusting the sections of the arms, the outer sections l of the adjacent ends of the arms are provided with a plurality of uniformly spaced openings 5 for adjustably receiving suitable fastening devices such as bolts 6. The bolts also pass through slots 7 in the free adjacent ends of the main sections 8 of the arms to permit of the sliding and pivotal adjustment of the sections l which are, however, removably clamped in adjusted positions by means of clamping elements such as nuts 9.

The opposite ends of the main sections 8 have pivotally mounted thereon the substantially Z-shaped outer sect-ions 10, that is, that the sections l0 comprise an intermediate portion having arms projecting therefrom in opposite directions, one of the arms projecting substantially at right angles to the intermediate portion and the other arm at an acute angle thereto. The main sections 8 have their pivotal connections with the outer sections 10 as indicated at 11. The arm'extended at an acute angle is, preferably, pivotally mounted intermediate its ends to the extremity of the main sections 8 as aforesaid, the intermediate portions being extended inwardly, toward each other. Lugs 12 are provided on the ends of the sections l0 to abut the outer side edges of the' sections 8 so as to limit the movement of the sections when moved to an extended position, as shown in Fig. l, and also to assist in maintainingthe sections l0 in their extended position.

As intimated, suitable means have been provided for bracing or maintaining the sections l0 of the arms and, in the present instance, consists of a brace composed of links 13 and 14: and adjacent ends of which are pivoted together at 15 while the outer ends of the links are pivoted at 16 to points adjacent the outer ends of the sections 10 of the arms.

In order that the wire may be received on the reel, I have twisted the outer` ends of the outer` arm sections 4 and 10 as indicated by the numeral 17 and have connected thereto arcuate receivers 18 for receiving the wire or other material that is being wound on the reel.

In use, assuming that the device has been assembled in the manner described, in ad justing the arm sections il i't is only necessary to loosen the nuts 9 and arrange the sections l to the desiredy angle to the sections S or else the bolts 6 may be suitably engaged in other of the openings 5 and also slid in the slots 7 so as to perfect a suitable longitudinal adjustment of the sections 1 with respect to the sections 8, whereupon the nuts 9 can be again clamped in position. The sections 10, as will be noted, can be folded inwardly by breaking the brace 14 at its joint of pivot 15. This particular arrangement and construction of the sections 10 permit the same to move immediately from the inner periphery of the roll wound on 'the reel as soon as the brace A is broken and thereby prevents any binding that would otherwise occur if the sections 10 extended in alinement or parallel with the main body sections 8. This arrangement also permits the reel to be quickly and easily insertible in a roll when it is desired to either wind or unwind the roll. l/Vhen the brace A is extended as illustrated in Fig. 1, the sections 10 are pivotally held in their extended positions by the lugs 12 and the links of the brace A.

1t will be observed that no means has been disclosed for rotatably mounting the reel other than the alining openings 19 in the main sections 8 of the zrms and the plate 1. Because of these openings however, it is to be appreciated that the reel can be effectively rotatably mounted in either a vertical or horizontal plane, the specific means forming no part of the invention.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely dierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof7 it is intended that all matter contained in the above description Vor shown in the accompanying drawings ve cents each,

Washington, D. C."

shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. lit is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statement of 'the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. A reel, which comprises a head plate adapt-ed 'to be rotated, arms connected thereto, the ends of certain of the arms being provided with slidable sections adjustably secured thereto, the sections carrying at their outer ends an arcuate twire receiver, approximately Z-shaped sections pivotally mounted on the ends of the remaining arms, said sections being provided at their outer ends with arcuate wire receivers, and a collapsible brace formed of links pivotally connected together and to the Z-shapedv sections intermediate their ends, said brace serving to permit the reel to be collapsed.

2. A collapsible reel, which comprises a plurality of arms pivotally mounted upor. a head plate, approiiimate Z-shaped sections pivotally connected to ends of certain of the arms, said sections being provided with legs to prevent excess movement in one direction, and a brace composed of two links pivotally connected together and the outer ends of the links pivotally connected to and intermediate the ends of the sections, said brace when eXtended serving to rigidly hold the several arms and when broken, permitting the arms and therefrom the reel to be collapsed.

3. A collaps'ble reel, which comprises a plurality of arms pivotally mounted upon a head plate, approximate Z-shaped sections connected to the ends of certain of the arms, said sections being adapted to swing toward one another, and a brace composed of two links pivotally comiected together and the outer ends connected to the sections intermediate their ends and above the pivot point of the sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

wiLLiAM D. LUTZ.

"Witnesses Lon Lewis, EMMA HIRRLINGER.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patente, 

